Definition of Genus Solandra

1. Noun. Shrubby climbers of tropical America.

Exact synonyms: Solandra
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Solanaceae, Potato Family, Solanaceae
Member holonyms: Chalice Vine, Cupflower, Solandra Guttata, Trumpet Flower

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Solandra

genus Siren
genus Sison
genus Sistrurus
genus Sisymbrium
genus Sisyrinchium
genus Sitophylus
genus Sitotroga
genus Sitta
genus Sium
genus Sivapithecus
genus Sloanea
genus Smilax
genus Smiledon
genus Smyrnium
genus Sobralia
genus Solandra (current term)
genus Solanopteris
genus Solanum
genus Solea
genus Soleirolia
genus Solenopsis
genus Solenostemon
genus Solidago
genus Somateria
genus Sonchus
genus Sonora
genus Sophora
genus Sorbus
genus Sorex
genus Sorghum

Literary usage of Genus Solandra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1803)
"An Illustration of the genus Solandra. By Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. FRS and LS' ' VII. Observations on some remarkable Strata of Flint in a Chalk-pit ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1818)
"The want of cleanliness there reprehended, xl. 159. Salisbury, R. A* his remarks on some technical terms used in Botany, xxxii. 19. On the genus Solandra, ..."

3. Transactions of the Linnean Societyby Linnean Society of London, Linnean Society of London Library by Linnean Society of London, Linnean Society of London Library (1867)
"242 . Remarks on some technical terms used in botany. т. 136 . An illustration of the genus Solandra . . . vi. 99 . Species of Erica vi. 310 . ..."

4. Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks by Joseph Banks, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1896)
"The genus Solandra is his botanical memorial, named after him by his fellow-countryman, Swartz. A full- length portrait of him, by an unknown artist, ..."

5. Blight on flowers; or, Figures and descriptions of the insects infesting the by Samuel Hereman (1840)
"CUI/TURE OF THE genus Solandra. The habits of this genus are much like those of Brugmansia, but although they grow rapidly, they do not flower freely. ..."

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